Dyeing apparatus.



' Patented Dec. 5,1911.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1911.

Patented Dec.5, 1911.

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DYEING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED we. 17, 1911.

' Pad tented Dec.5,1911.

PATENT. oFFioE.

OSWIN KIRCHEIS, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DYEING- APPARATUS.

1 Application filed August17, 1911'. SerialfNo. 644,641.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

To all whom it may 06mm i Be it known that I, OSWIN Kmorrnia a citizenof the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Dyeing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

My inventionrelatesto improvements in dyeing apparatus, a'nd moreparticularly to apparatus designed primarily for dyeing stockings andthe like, the object of the invention being to provide an apparatuswhich insures the passage of the dye through the stockings or otherarticles, and compels a .uniform distribution of the dye.

- A further object is to provide an apparatus of thischaracter whichfacilitates the handling of the stockings or other articles, both inplacing them in the apparatus and removing them after being dyed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a view partly in sideelevation and partly in section illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, isa view in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3, is a plan view partlybroken away. Fig. 4, is a vlew in vertical transverse section. Fig. 5,is a view in end elevation. Fig. 6, is a broken end view of the centralportion of the drum, and Fig. 7, is a detail perspective view of theagitator.

1, represents a tank which is adapted to contain liquid dye, and to oneend of this tank a frame 2 is secured and supports a shaft 3. 4:,represents a top which is adapted to close the tank 1, extends outoverthe frame 2, and is provided withperforated ears 4 to receive theshaft 3, and constitute a hinge for the top. Top 4:18providedwithhangers 5 normally positioned within the tank 1, and saidhangers support a shaft 6 on which my improved drum 7 is mounted. .Thedrum 7 is made cylindrical, having an octagonal longitudinal center 8and a circular series of radially disposed partitions 9 connectdricaldrum 7, and forming a circular series of compartments 10. The octagonalcenter 8 is provided with spiders 11 which are made with central sleeves12 mounted to turn on shaft 6. The center 8, the partitions 9, and thecircular drum 7 are all perforated, while the ends 13 of the drum aresolid, and effectually close all of the compartments 10 at their ends,but do not close the ends of the octagonal center 8, permitting the dyeto flow freely into this center and be deflected radially through thecompartments by means of radially disposed stirrers. These stirrers 1 1are in the general shape of a shovel or scoop, and are connected by rods15 with shaft 6, and while I refer to the individual members as stirrersby the term agitator, I mean the stirrers and the shaft. It will benoted that these stirrers are arranged in circular series around theshaft, and as the shaft revolves, as will be more fully hereinafterpointed out, these stirrers throw the dye radially. and compel it topass through the compartments.

The shaft 3 above referred to constitutes a drive shaft, and is providedwith a pulley 16 to which motion is transmitted by means of a belt 17from any suitable source. On this shaft 3, a sprocket wheel 18 issecured, and is connected by a sproket chain 19 with a sprocket wheel 20on a shaft 21. This shaft 21 is supported in bearings 22 on top 4, andsaid top, below the shaft 21 is provided with an opening 23. Over thisopening 28 on shaft 21, a sprocket wheel 24: and a pinion 25 aresecured. The sprocket wheel 2 1 is connected by a chain 26 with asprocket wheel 27 secured to shaft 6, while the pinion 25 meshes with alarge gear 28 secured to one end of the drum 7. It will thus be seenthat motion is transmitted through the pinion to turn the drum slowly inone direction, while shaft 6 is rapidly reingthe octagonal center 8 withthe cylin A volved in the other direction. This shaft cular directionand a uniform distribution of the dye is assured. I Each'of thecompartments 10 is provided with a hinged gate 29 normally held bysecuring devices 30, and these gates are of course, to be opened andclosed as the stockings or other articles are inserted and removed fromthe compartments. During this operation of inserting or removing thearticles, the top 4 is thrown upwardly, shaft 3 constituting a hinge pinand tofacilitate this movement and balance the weight of the parts,counterweights 31 are connected to the top a, where said top projectsbeyond the shaft 3, and these weights assist in ball ancing theapparatus and enabling the drum to be readily moved into and out of tank1.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts discribed without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a dyeing apparatus of the character described, the combinationwith a tank adapted to contain liquid dye, of a frame, a top hinged tothe frame and normally covering the tank, hangers secured to the top andconstructed to project down into the tank, a shaft mounted to turn insaid hangers, a drum mounted to turn on said shaft and comprising acircular series of compartments, and means for turning said drum in thetank, substantially as described.

2. In a dyeing apparatus of the character described, the combinationwith a tank adapted to contain liquid dye, of a frame, a top hinged tothe frame and normally covering the tank, hangers secured to the top andconstructed to project down into the tank, a shaft mounted to turn insaid hangers, a drum mounted to turn on said shaft and comprising acircular series of compartments, means for turning said drum in thetank, counterweights secured to said top in rear of the point of pivot,and constructed to counterbalance the weight of the drum, substantiallyas described.

3. In a dyeing apparatus of the character described, the combinationwith a tank adapted to contain liquid dye, of a frame, a top hinged tothe frame and normally covering the tank, hangers secured to the top andconstructed to project down into the tank, a shaft mounted to turn insaid hangers, a drum mounted to turn on said shaft and comprising acircular series of compartments, stirrers on said shaft, a sprocketwheel on the shaft, a short shaft mounted on the top, asprocket wheel onsaid other shaft, a chain connecting said sprocket wheels, a relativelylarge gear on the drum, a pinion on the short shaft meshing with saidgear,

and means for turning said short shaft, substantially as described.

4. In a dyeing apparatus of the character described, the combinationwith a tank adapted to contain liquid dye, of a frame, a top hinged tothe frame and normally covering the tank, hangers secured to the top andconstructed to project down into the tank, a shaft mounted to turn insaid hangers,a drum mounted to turn on said shaft and comprising acircular series of compartments, said drum having an open center, saidopen center and the outer cylindrical wall of said drum perforated,stirrers on said shaft, and means for turning said drum and shaft atdifferent speeds, substantially as described.

5. In a dyeing apparatus of the character described, the combinationwith a tank adapted to contain liquid dye, of a frame, a top hinged tothe frame and normally covering the tank, hangers secured to the top andconstructed to project down into the tank, a shaft mounted to turn insaid hangers, a drum mounted to turn on said shaft and comprising acircular series of compartments, said drum having an open center, saidopen center and the outer cylindrical wall of said drum perforated,stirrers on said shaft, said stirrers comprising radially disposedbucket shaped deflectors, means for turning the drum in one direction,and means for turning the shaft in the opposite direction at an excessspeed over that of the drum, substantially as described.

6. In a dyeing apparatus of the character described, the combinationwith a tank adapted tocontain liquid dye, of a frame, a top hinged tothe frame and normally covering the tank, hangers secured to the top andconstructed to project down into the tank, a shaft mounted to turn insaid hangers, a drum mounted to turn on said shaft and comprising acircular series of compartments, said drum having an open center, saidopen center and the outer cylindrical wall of said drum perforated,stirrers on said shaft, said stirrers comprising radially disposedbucket shaped deflectors, means for turning the drum in one direction,means for turning the shaft in the opposite direction at an excess speedover that of the drum, said drum having perforated hinged doors in itsouter wall for each compartment, and means for locking said gates inclosed position, substantially as described.

7. In a dyeing apparatus, the combination with a tank adapted to containliquid dye, of a hinged top for said tank, hangers on said topconstructed to project down into the tank, and a rotary articlecontaining drum mounted in said hangers, substantially as described.

8. In a dyeing apparatus, the combination with a tank adapted to containliquid dye, of a hinged top for said tank, hangers In testimony whereofI have signed my on said top constructed to project down name to thisspecification in the presence of into the tank, a rotary articlecontaining two subscribing Witnesses. Z drum mounted in said hangers,means for OSWIN KIRCHEIS.

5 turning said drum, and Ineansfor forcing Witnesses:

the dye through the drum, substantially as C. R. ZIEGLER, described. 0.E. Po'rrs.

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